admiration

1 a feeling of delighted approval and liking [syn: esteem]

2 the feeling aroused by something strange and surprising [syn: wonder, wonderment]

3 a favorable judgment; "a small token in admiration of your works" [syn: appreciation]

English

Etymology

From < admiratio, from prefix ad-, "to", + mirare, "look at", + noun of action suffix -tio. See admire.

Pronunciation

• a WEAE /ˌæd.mɚˈeɪ.ʃən/

• Rhymes with: -eɪʃən

Noun

1. Wonder mingled with approbation or delight; an emotion excited by a person or thing possessed of wonderful or high excellence; as, admiration of a beautiful woman, of a landscape, of virtue.
2. Wonder or questioning, without any particular positive or negative attitude to the subject.
   • Lear: Your name, faire Gentlewoman? Gonerill: This admiration Sir, is much o'th' savour Of other your new prankes. — William Shakespeare, King Lear, I.ii.

Synonyms

• wonder
• approval
• appreciation
• adoration
• reverence
• worship

Derived terms

• admirative
• admiratively

Translations

French

Pronunciation

Noun

fr-noun f

1. admiration

   Plein d’admiration pour son adversaire, chacun lève sa propre visière : "Elsseneur ! ...", "Réginald ! ..." (Les Chants de Maldoror - Chant V) - Full of admiration for its enemy, ...

Admirable may refer to:

• Admirable class minesweeper, the largest class of minesweepers the United States Navy ordered during World War II
• USS Admirable (AM-136), the lead ship of her class

See also

• Admire

Amor, Christian love, Eros, OK, Platonic love, acceptance, account, adherence, adoration, affection, agape, amaze, amazement, apotheosis, appreciation, approbation, approval, ardency, ardor, astonishment, astoundment, attachment, awe, beguilement, bewilderment, blessing, bodily love, breathless adoration, breathless wonder, brotherly love, caritas, charity, conjugal love, consideration, countenance, courtesy, deference, deification, delight, desire, devotion, dumbfoundment, duty, ecstasy, endorsement, esteem, estimation, exaggerated respect, faithful love, fancy, fascination, favor, favorable vote, fervor, flame, fondness, free love, free-lovism, great respect, heart, hero worship, high regard, homage, honor, idolatry, idolism, idolization, lasciviousness, libido, like, liking, love, lovemaking, married love, marvel, marveling, nod, passion, physical love, pleasure, popular regard, popularity, prestige, puzzlement, rapture, regard, respect, reverence, reverential regard, sanction, seal of approval, sense of mystery, sense of wonder, sentiment, sex, sexual love, shine, spiritual love, stamp of approval, stupefaction, surprise, tender feeling, tender passion, transport, truelove, uxoriousness, veneration, voice, vote, weakness, wonder, wonderment, worship, yea, yea vote, yearning